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Sonic the Hedgehog: Spinball (SEGA 1993) Media Files & Cabinet Instructions

By SixOfTwelve

And now for a very special edition of
Let's Put Things On Cabinets That Were Never Meant To Be On Cabinets!

Today it's time for a true classic: Ask any retro gamer to compile a list of influential pinball video games, and chances are that 1993's Sonic the Hedgehog: Spinball will pop up somewhere in their top ten. The game was developed in a relatively short amount of time by an American team after it became clear that the Japanese team working on Sonic the Hedgehog 3 wouldn't have the game ready in time to take advantage of the 1993 Christmas shopping season.
The ball physics are pretty bad, the control mechanism - a mixture of flipping, jumping and moving - is pretty clunky, but the Sonic factor still makes the game fun to play and it has a special place in many people's hearts.

The included AutoHotKey script launches the Megadrive/Genesis version of the game via RetroArch, covers the backglass and DMD screen with filler images and maps your cabinet's buttons to the game's keys.

A word about the controls:
Since most cabinets don't have a joystick on them, I needed to map the game's left/right movement to the Magnasave buttons in order to keep the Flipper buttons free to do the actual flipping. The game's Down button is mapped to the cab's Launch button. It's used in combination with the flippers for Sonic's dash maneuver. The game's Up button is only used for looking up and not really necessary in the game. I mapped it to the Buy-in button, but if your cab doesn't have one, it's no big loss. There is a maneuver that can be performed during bonus rounds originally by pressing all three controller buttons on the SEGA controller simultaneously. Since it's very impractical to push three buttons on a cab at the same time, I mapped the two Magnasave buttons to trigger all three controller buttons when pressed at the same time. The only time you'll notice this is when you enter the bonus rounds and use it to tilt Sonic's pinball table.
Another word about the controls:
If you look at the script, you'll notice that I used a sort of "double mapping": First I mapped keys to buttons in RetroArch, and then I used AutoHotKey to map other keys (the cabinet buttons) to those RetroArch keys.
The reason is that I use RetroArch to emulate other systems as well, and the key for "left flipper" in one game isn't always the same in another. Rather than work with half a dozen control schemes in RetroArch, I find it easier to stick to one and adapt the controls for each particular game in AutoHotKey.

Included media:
a backglass image (in 4:3 format) a company logo 2 DMD images, one for the frontend and a filler image used by the script 7 flyer images (courtesy of MobyGames) 15 instruction cards (taken from the game's PDF manual) table audio (recorded from the game) a wheel image (courtesy of the LaunchBox Games Database)
As usual, the script needs to be adapted to your system, but no fear - it's extensively annotated. Please take a good long look through it before asking for help in the comments section.
I'll gladly try to help, but please do make an effort first.

Share and enjoy!

SOME MORE NOTES:

Where to get it:
Oohh no. Nope. Uh-uh. Not touching that one with a thirty-nine-and-a-half-foot pole. You're on your own here.

How to run it:
As stated above, the game requires RetroArch to run.
Setting up RetroArch is a bit of a science in and of itself, and is frankly beyond the scope of this post. Make sure you have the game up and running to your satisfaction before attempting to use the AutoHotKey script.
Some pointers though:
My version uses the genesis_plus_gx_libretro core. Look at Settings -> Video -> Output -> Monitor Index to select the right monitor for your backglass screen (it was "2" in my case). Settings -> Input -> Port 1 Controls is where you map your keys. For my own setup, I had them set differently than the standard, because I re-use the same configuration files for RetroArch on some of my other (non-pinball) arcade cabinets and didn't want to revamp them completely for my pinball cabinet. You can map them to anything you like, just make sure you adjust the key mappings at the end of the script accordingly. My own mappings are listed in the script. It's also a good idea to set Settings -> On-Screen Display -> On-Screen Notifications to OFF (otherwise you'll get notifications like "ROM loaded" on screen) once you've set everything up the way you need it. Also make sure to set Settings -> Input -> Hotkeys -> Confirm Quit to OFF, or else RetroArch will make you press the Exit button twice before quitting. If you have extra cabinet buttons free, you can go to Settings -> Input -> Hotkeys and map them to "Load State" and "Save State" - very convenient and highly recommended.
AI use disclaimer:
No AI was used in the creation of the artwork. ChatGPT was helpful in figuring out the "fire three virtual buttons at the same time when pressing two actual buttons simultaneously" part. It got the actual code wrong, but put my brain on the right track 😉

14 downloads
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0 comments

Submitted April 26
Satin Doll (Williams 1975) Topper Video

By guet35

34 downloads
(0 reviews)
0 comments

Submitted April 25
Snowball! (PixelJAM 2016) Media Files & Cabinet Instructions

By SixOfTwelve

Baby, it's cold outside! Come on in, warm yourself by the fire and
Let's Put Things On Cabinets That Were Never Meant To Be On Cabinets!

This time, thanks to my stupidity, you get two scripts for the price of one as we tackle Snowball!, a 2016 indie game by PixelJAM.

Snowball! is a cute and, honestly, pretty relaxing pinball game full of neat detailed pixel art. You shoot snowballs around a wintery slope, trying to avoid a fire at the bottom. The game is full of clever details: Ocasionally you hit a tree or some other obstacle, and another little snowball will form, creating a spontaneous multiball. Then there's a section of the playfield that suddenly turns your game into a Breakout variant. Two huge electromagnets act as stationary magnasaves that can also slingshot your ball into different directions if you handle them with the right timing. It's really imaginative stuff.

The game can be played in portrait mode, giving you a complete view of the playfield - which makes it ideal for use on a cabinet.
However, on my screen (resolution 1080x1920 when upright), the game would always start flickering like crazy after a few seconds, making it effectively unplayable.

So I decided to write a script to move the game window to the backglass and have it play there, with the game's field of view scrolling up and down. I had the whole script ready and finished, when I suddenly had a thought:
Snowball! was a ten-year-old game. What if my playfield's resolution was simply too high?
And indeed, once I reduced the resolution to 900x1600 - no more flickering, and the game behaved as it should.

So rather than scrap my first script, I decided to include it here as a bonus. Who knows, maybe on someone else's setup the playfield variation may not work for whatever reason - it's nice to have options.

The second (newer) script
rotates the playfield to portrait mode lowers the resolution to 900x1600 puts filler images on the backglass and dmd screens maps the game's keys and functions to standard cabinet buttons restores rotation and original resolution on exit
The original first script
moves the game window to the backglass puts filler images on the playfield and dmd screens maps the game's keys and functions to standard cabinet buttons

There's a bunch of media included:
2 backglass images (in 4:3 and 16:9 formats) a backglass video for your frontend for the "play on the backglass" variation a company logo 2 DMD images, one for the frontend and a filler image used by the script (taken from the game's press kit on PixelJAM's website) 3 instruction cards, depending on how you set up your nudging (more on that further below) a promo video from YouTube (the Steam launch trailer for the game) table audio (recorded from the game) 2 table images (one for the frontend, one for use in the script - they're the same image, but for some reason the two need different rotation directions) a frontend table video for the "play on the playfield" variation 2 wheel images (one taken from the game title screen, one from the game's press kit on PixelJam's website)

As usual, the scripts need to be adapted to your systems, but no fear - they are extensively annotated. Please take a good long look through them before asking for help in the comments section right away.
I'll gladly try to to help, but please do make an effort first.

Share and enjoy!

SOME MORE NOTES:

Where to get it:
Snowball! is available on Steam. At the time of this posting, you can get it for under 3€. You can run the game's .EXE without Steam, wich is always nice.

Annoying stuff about the game:
Apart from the "needs a low resolution to run" issue, there were two more problems:

Firstly, all the menus can only be navigated by clicking on buttons. There is no "move up/down" or "move left/right" that could be mapped to flipper buttons. Instead, I had to program the keys to position the mouse at a certain spot and click there. Which would be fine if the damn menu buttons were always in the same spot. But no: The button to (re)start a game is in three different locations, depending on whether you're in the start menu, in the pause menu, or on the "Game Over" screen. So when you press "Start", the game now rapidly clicks three different locations each time for it to work in each case. That was fun to figure out.
In the "play on the playfield" version of the script, you probably won't have to change any of these coordinates, since 900x1600 is the fixed resolution.
Should you want to use the "play on the backglass" version, you'll probably have to do a bit of work on the coordinates (unless your backglass has a resolution of 1600x1200 like mine).

Secondly, the game uses the Space bar to activate the magnasave pylons, but if you press Space along with a direction key, you nudge the ball.
No problem, so I simply map the magnasave buttons to perform both functions. Which would be fine if nudging didn't incure a score penalty in the game.
Since I didn't want to punish the player for using the magnasave (which would also count as a nudge, lowering your score), I came up with two alternate solutions:
My cabinet has extra buttons on the top left and right. I simply mapped the magnets (Space) to these and mapped the nudge function (Space+direction) to my magnasave buttons. But not everyone's cab has extra buttons, so... If you have an analog input (like a VirtuaPin controller) that registers as a joystick, you can also use JoyToKey to map the nudge function to [Space+direction], freeing up the magnasave buttons for [Space]. The JoyToKey option can be disabled in the script. The default is set to enabled.

AI use disclaimer:

The "nudge" hand in the instruction card was created with ChatGPT, the rest is all good old-fashioned Photoshop.
I also used ChatGPT to help with some script functions (like reading monitor resolutions automatically without having to hardcode them) that probably would've taken me ages to figure out otherwise.

Special thanks:
iwantpinball for pointing me in the direction of displaying images directly in AutoHotKey instead of using an external tool, as I did in my previous scripts.

10 downloads
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1 comment

Updated April 24
Scared Stiff (Bally 1996) - Vpx Video Instruction (French audio)

By pat852

Bonjour à tous
Voici une nouvelle traduction audio française des instructions vidéo de KONGEDAM du groupe (LAURENT EGAPEL, GARGA SURQUES, THIERRY DELOMIER et PATRICE SALERNO).
La Vingt-et-unième publication est « Scared Stiff (Bally 1996) ».
Aux vues du nombre de vidéo on a besoin de renfort !!
Si vous souhaiter nous aider pour les traductions contacter moi en Message privé
Le process est assez simple je génère un fichier texte de la traduction française « brute » de la vidéo.
Vous corrigez dans le fichier texte les anomalies de traduction de l’I.A et je renvois la traduction corrigée dans Clidéo pour génération de la vidéo traduite.
En plus cela vous permet d’avoir la vidéo traduite d’une table que vous affectionné non encore traitée.

Hello everyone
Here is a new French audio translation of the KONGEDAM video instructions from the group (LAURENT EGAPEL, GARGA SURQUES, THIERRY DELOMIER, and PATRICE SALERNO).
The Twenty-first release is « Scared Stiff (Bally 1996) ».
Given the number of videos, we need reinforcements!
If you'd like to help with translations, contact me via private message.
The process is quite simple: I generate a text file of the "raw" French translation of the video.
You correct any AI translation errors in the text file, and I send the corrected translation back to Clideo to generate the translated video.
In addition, this allows you to have a translated video of a table you like that hasn't been processed yet.

19 downloads
- french
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0 comments

Submitted April 23
Sonic Pinball Mania loading video FHD

By kilazz

Sonic Pinball Mania loading video FHD

60 downloads
(0 reviews)
0 comments

Updated April 20
Satin Doll DMD or Topper Image

By Animusan2

Satin Doll DMD or Topper Image

12 downloads
(0 reviews)
0 comments

Submitted April 19
Shovel Knight - VR Wheel Art

By PaulDrummond

Shovel Knight - VR Wheel Art

4 downloads
(0 reviews)
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Submitted April 2
Shovel Knight (Original 2017) (Wheel)

By davadruix

"Shovel Knight (Original 2017)" vpx wheels and DMD picture

if you appreciate the work, then thank you for not forgetting a "like" or a "review" , it's nice!

Personal, non-commercial use only. Please contact me if you would like to use it in another way.

All Logos, Copyrights and Trademarks are property of their respective owners.
PROVIDED STRICTLY FOR PERSONAL / HOME USE AND NOT FOR COMMERCIAL SALE / RE-SALE OR DISTRIBUTION!

245 downloads
- original
- davadruix
(1 review)
2 comments

Updated April 1
Sentinel (Bally 1981) clear wheel logo 4K

By deadmanworking

Logo taken from backglass, upscaled and restored for high resolution and cleaned up, optimized for 2K/4K frontends
Providing files optimized for 1440p cabinet mode in PinballX and maximum available resolution.
PinballX is using 70% of the respective screen width for the logo display at a 1.66 aspect ratio, so the provided optimized version is set at 1008px max width / 605px max height to avoid internal downscaling/upscaling of the frontend that might introduce unwanted artifacts, moiree or aliasing effects.

DOWNLOAD ALL LOGOS (2000+) at this link: https://mega.nz/folder/22pRyY6K#t9cVLDbWaIlyDflG_QVTjw

6 downloads
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3 comments

Submitted April 1
Shovel Knight (Original 2017) Instruction Card

By Autobott

Instruction card for Shovel Knight by Wizball

65 downloads
- shovel knight
- card
- (and 4 more)
  Tagged with:
  - shovel knight
  - card
  - help
  - rules
  - instruction
  - shovel
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Submitted March 31
Swords of Fury (Williams 1988) clear wheel logo 4K

By deadmanworking

Logo taken from backglass/flyer, upscaled and restored for high resolution and cleaned up, optimized for 4K/2K frontends
Download the 4K version if you use a frontend like PinballX or Pinup Popper on a 4K monitor, or the regular version if you have a 1440p resolution or less. Logos are optimized for each resolution since the internal downscaling/upscaling of the frontends might introduce unwanted artifacts, moiree or aliasing effects.

56 downloads
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Updated March 25
Super-Flite (Williams 1974) clear wheel logo 4k

By deadmanworking

Logo taken from backglass, upscaled and restored for high resolution and cleaned up, optimized for 4K/2K frontends
Download the 4K version if you use a frontend like PinballX or Pinup Popper on a 4K monitor, or the regular version if you have a 1440p resolution or less. Logos are optimized for each resolution since the internal downscaling/upscaling of the frontends might introduce unwanted artifacts, moiree or aliasing effects.

26 downloads
(0 reviews)
1 comment

Updated March 25
Space Station (Williams 1987) clear wheel logos 4K

By deadmanworking

Logo taken from backglass, upscaled and restored for high resolution and cleaned up, optimized for 2K/4K frontends
Providing files optimized for 1440p cabinet mode in PinballX and maximum available resolution.
PinballX is using 70% of the respective screen width for the logo display at a 1.66 aspect ratio, so the provided optimized version is set at 1008px max width / 605px max height to avoid internal downscaling/upscaling of the frontend that might introduce unwanted artifacts, moiree or aliasing effects.

DOWNLOAD ALL LOGOS (2000+) at this link: https://mega.nz/folder/22pRyY6K#t9cVLDbWaIlyDflG_QVTjw

27 downloads
(0 reviews)
0 comments

Submitted March 25
Space Shuttle (Williams 1984) clear wheel logos 4K

By deadmanworking

Logo taken from backglass, upscaled and restored for high resolution and cleaned up, optimized for 2K/4K frontends
Providing files optimized for 1440p cabinet mode in PinballX and maximum available resolution.
PinballX is using 70% of the respective screen width for the logo display at a 1.66 aspect ratio, so the provided optimized version is set at 1008px max width / 605px max height to avoid internal downscaling/upscaling of the frontend that might introduce unwanted artifacts, moiree or aliasing effects.

DOWNLOAD ALL LOGOS (2000+) at this link: https://mega.nz/folder/22pRyY6K#t9cVLDbWaIlyDflG_QVTjw

33 downloads
(0 reviews)
0 comments

Submitted March 25
Space Shuttle (Taito do Brasil 1982) clear wheel logos 4K

By deadmanworking

Logo taken from backglass, upscaled and restored for high resolution and cleaned up, optimized for 2K/4K frontends
Providing files optimized for 1440p cabinet mode in PinballX and maximum available resolution.
PinballX is using 70% of the respective screen width for the logo display at a 1.66 aspect ratio, so the provided optimized version is set at 1008px max width / 605px max height to avoid internal downscaling/upscaling of the frontend that might introduce unwanted artifacts, moiree or aliasing effects.

DOWNLOAD ALL LOGOS (2000+) at this link: https://mega.nz/folder/22pRyY6K#t9cVLDbWaIlyDflG_QVTjw

10 downloads
(0 reviews)
0 comments

Submitted March 25
Super Straight DMD

By ejvfx

Here's an image for Super Straight to fill up your full DMD.

12 downloads
- super straight
(0 reviews)
0 comments

Submitted March 16
Star Trip (Game Plan 1979) clear wheel logo 4k

By deadmanworking

Logo taken from backglass, upscaled and restored for high resolution and cleaned up, optimized for 2K/4K frontends
Providing files optimized for 1440p cabinet mode in PinballX and maximum available resolution.
PinballX is using 70% of the respective screen width for the logo display at a 1.66 aspect ratio, so the provided optimized version is set at 1008px max width / 605px max height to avoid internal downscaling/upscaling of the frontend that might introduce unwanted artifacts, moiree or aliasing effects.

DOWNLOAD ALL LOGOS (1600+) at this link: https://mega.nz/folder/22pRyY6K#t9cVLDbWaIlyDflG_QVTjw

18 downloads
(0 reviews)
0 comments

Updated March 16
Sharpshooter (Game Plan 1979) clear wheel logo 4k

By deadmanworking

Logo taken from backglass, upscaled and restored for high resolution and cleaned up, optimized for 2K/4K frontends
Providing files optimized for 1440p cabinet mode in PinballX and maximum available resolution.
PinballX is using 70% of the respective screen width for the logo display at a 1.66 aspect ratio, so the provided optimized version is set at 1008px max width / 605px max height to avoid internal downscaling/upscaling of the frontend that might introduce unwanted artifacts, moiree or aliasing effects.

DOWNLOAD ALL LOGOS (1600+) at this link: https://mega.nz/folder/22pRyY6K#t9cVLDbWaIlyDflG_QVTjw

20 downloads
(0 reviews)
0 comments

Updated March 16
Sharp Shooter II (Game Plan 1983) clear wheel logo 4k

By deadmanworking

Logo taken from backglass, upscaled and restored for high resolution and cleaned up, optimized for 2K/4K frontends
Providing files optimized for 1440p cabinet mode in PinballX and maximum available resolution.
PinballX is using 70% of the respective screen width for the logo display at a 1.66 aspect ratio, so the provided optimized version is set at 1008px max width / 605px max height to avoid internal downscaling/upscaling of the frontend that might introduce unwanted artifacts, moiree or aliasing effects.

DOWNLOAD ALL LOGOS (1600+) at this link: https://mega.nz/folder/22pRyY6K#t9cVLDbWaIlyDflG_QVTjw

22 downloads
(0 reviews)
0 comments

Updated March 16
Superman (Atari 1979) clear wheel logo 4k

By deadmanworking

Logo taken from backglass, upscaled and restored for high resolution and cleaned up, optimized for 4K/2K frontends
Download the 4K version if you use a frontend like PinballX or Pinup Popper on a 4K monitor, or the regular version if you have a 1440p resolution or less. Logos are optimized for each resolution since the internal downscaling/upscaling of the frontends might introduce unwanted artifacts, moiree or aliasing effects.

37 downloads
(0 reviews)
0 comments

Updated March 14
Super Orbit (Gottlieb 1983) clear wheel logo 4K

By deadmanworking

Logo taken from backglass, upscaled and restored for high resolution and cleaned up, optimized for 4K/2K frontends
Download the 4K version if you use a frontend like PinballX or Pinup Popper on a 4K monitor, or the regular version if you have a 1440p resolution or less. Logos are optimized for each resolution since the internal downscaling/upscaling of the frontends might introduce unwanted artifacts, moiree or aliasing effects.

28 downloads
(0 reviews)
0 comments

Updated March 14
Super Nova (Game Plan 1980) clear wheel logos 4k

By deadmanworking

Logo taken from backglass/flyer, upscaled and restored for high resolution and cleaned up, optimized for 4K/2K frontends
Download the 4K version if you use a frontend like PinballX or Pinup Popper on a 4K monitor, or the regular version if you have a 1440p resolution or less. Logos are optimized for each resolution since the internal downscaling/upscaling of the frontends might introduce unwanted artifacts, moiree or aliasing effects.

39 downloads
(0 reviews)
0 comments

Updated March 14
Stardust (Williams 1971) clear wheel logo 4K

By deadmanworking

Logo taken from backglass, upscaled and restored for high resolution and cleaned up, optimized for 4K/2K frontends
Download the 4K version if you use a frontend like PinballX or Pinup Popper on a 4K monitor, or the regular version if you have a 1440p resolution or less. Logos are optimized for each resolution since the internal downscaling/upscaling of the frontends might introduce unwanted artifacts, moiree or aliasing effects.

29 downloads
(0 reviews)
0 comments

Updated March 14
Star Trek (Data East 1991) clear wheel logo 4K

By deadmanworking

Logo taken from backglass, upscaled and restored for high resolution and cleaned up, optimized for 4K/2K frontends
Download the 4K version if you use a frontend like PinballX or Pinup Popper on a 4K monitor, or the regular version if you have a 1440p resolution or less. Logos are optimized for each resolution since the internal downscaling/upscaling of the frontends might introduce unwanted artifacts, moiree or aliasing effects.

44 downloads
(0 reviews)
0 comments

Updated March 14
Star Light (Williams 1984) clear wheel logos 4K

By deadmanworking

Logo taken from backglass, upscaled and restored for high resolution and cleaned up, optimized for 4K/2K frontends
Download the 4K version if you use a frontend like PinballX or Pinup Popper on a 4K monitor, or the regular version if you have a 1440p resolution or less. Logos are optimized for each resolution since the internal downscaling/upscaling of the frontends might introduce unwanted artifacts, moiree or aliasing effects.

71 downloads
(0 reviews)
0 comments

Updated March 14